Tiến sĩ Odine

Dr. Odine (オダイン博士, Odain-hakase) is a non-playable character in Final Fantasy VIII. He is a scientist working for Esthar. He has a ludicrously big collar and speaks with a smarmy, German-like accent. He will do anything for his research, often demonstrating a lack of moral empathy for the ramifications of his inventions. As a result he has provided scientific knowledge for both sides of the conflict.

During the Sorceress War, he was hired by Sorceress Adel and eventually received information about Ellone and her abilities. When she was abducted Odine was allowed to study her, as he was also charged with the building and study of the Lunatic Pandora. When Laguna, Kiros, and Ward set out to rescue Ellone they were able to convince Odine to help them trap Adel in a containment seal.

It is unknown exactly what Odine did during the intervening years between the mutiny against Adel and Squall's arrival to Esthar however it can be summarized that Odine had a hand in designing the city's camouflage grid and might be in part responsible for the experiments that created the Great Salt Lake.

Fearful of Sorceress Adel, Odine had silently created items which were believed to hold a sorceress' power at bay. One of these items was the Odine Bangle, which Rinoa somehow acquired. She attempted to use it on Sorceress Edea but failed to put it on the sorceress and was almost sacrificed to a pair of Iguions as punishment.

"It iz I who made ze first model of zat machine. I named ze machine 'Junction Machine Ellone'! It iz a vonderful thing to know that my invention is used in ze future!"

—Dr. Odine

Though it is never revealed how the machine works or what it looks like Odine claims that he had studied Ellone's brainwave patterns and successfully imitated it into a machine. Going by this it can be assumed that the Junction Machine Ellone was a kind of mental time traveling device. This machine would later be improved upon in the future, when Ultimecia would use it to send her consciousness to the past to possess other sorceresses. Dr. Odine was proud that his machine was used in the future, even if it was for nefarious purposes.

The Junction System is a device that allows a person to replicate the powers of a Sorceress via the storage and control of magical powers and Guardian Forces. The system itself is capable of storing 32 different forms of Para-Magic with a stock of 100 units of each form.
The system acts as a type of filter, filtering out magic (known as Drawing) from a being or entity and storing it ready to be used or junctioned by the user. This allows the user to possess superhuman abilities such as increased speed and strength as well as being able to use magic as a weapon. Various Junction Systems are seen in wide use in the military.